CoRECT study targets unanswered questions about colorectal cancer in South Africans

The CoRECT Cancer Study begins a long-term effort to understand colorectal cancer, including why it affects increasingly younger people.

Based at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Institute (DGMI), the CoRECT study has already marked major milestones including the first recruitment of patients and a colorectal resection.

Building a clearer picture of colorectal cancer

“There are still major gaps in what is known about colorectal cancer in South African

Women's Month: Research highlights urgent need for women-centred addiction care

• Women often delay seeking help because of stigma, fear of judgement, fear of losing their children.
• Many don’t make it into treatment; are lost after intake with little follow-up.
• Current services not always effective, safe or relevant for them.

Women who try to access treatment for addiction often face multiple, intersecting barriers – from stigma and fear of being judged as bad, irresponsible or morally flawed mothers to high transport costs, as well as a lack of money, childcare, and adequate housing. And to make matters worse, current services are not always effective, safe or relevant for them.

This is according to Dr Danyschka Jacobs of the Department of Social Work at Stellenbosch